Negotiations on a plastic pollution accord are drawing to a close Sunday, as nations continue debating whether to tackle the ...

Two Center for Coalfield Justice staff members have returned from Busan, South Korea, where world leaders and organizations gathered last week to hammer out details on a treaty to address the global ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

Countries negotiating a global treaty to address plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan.

Days after the U.N. global plastics treaty negotiations failed to produce an agreement, one of the world’s top contributors to plastic pollution has abandoned its plastic reduction and reuse goals.

For almost two years, countries have been trying to negotiate a United Nations treaty to rein in plastic pollution. The talks were supposed to end with an agreement, but that didn't happen.

It is recognised as the most significant environmental cause of disease and premature deaths globally, surpassing even ...

As the US faces the upcoming inauguration of a president known for opposing regulations, delegates from the US and more than 170 countries are meeting this week try to finalize a global treaty to addr ...

The US government said Tuesday it was "disappointed" after nations negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic waste failed ...

After more than two years of negotiations, member countries of the United Nations failed to meet their own deadline this past ...

Although the latest talks have ended without a final agreement, countries have pledged to continue talking — and that is no ...

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an ...